Three men — Frame Johnson, Luther McKinney and Matt Cole — rob a bank and make off with the loot, bound for the Colorado River.
But a second gang, led by vicious Dutch Henry and his sharp-shooting lady friend Corinna, is also active in these here parts.
Dutch and his men come across a couple of newlyweds. They rob them, shoot the husband and kidnap the wife.
Suddenly, Dutch has a new favorite gal in pretty Olivia Noland, who he has every intention of soiling as soon as time permits.
The three “bad men” come across the husband. His dying wish: Rescue my wife.
Frame, who lost his wife to childbirth years earlier, can’t deny that request. So there’s a detour en route to the Colorado.
And another complication. Back in town, Ed Fiske is pretty mad about his bank being robbed and sends his hand-picked sheriff and a posse to retrieve the money and the outlaws.
Chris Gann as Frame Johnson, one of the three bad men in Three Bad Men (2005)
John Dixon as Luther McKinney, serving as lookout during a bank robbery in Three Bad Men (2005)
Review:
Grade Z stupidity. I mean, this is a Western with no redeeming qualities. No one in it can act, or at least they don’t show it in this outing. The script is full of cliches and some of those are used repeatedly. The gunfights are poorly filmed.
Dutch Henry hardly seems vicious. The bad men hardly seem bad. And the damsel in distress manages to trudge through the desert for days and her white blouse is still every bit as tidy as when she first appears on screen.
Want laughable scenes? There are plenty of those. Like when a deputy gets conked over the head with the butt of a gun. The next morning, the sheriff decides the deputy can’t go on. He’s lost too much blood!
George Kennedy gets top billing, but he’s only in the film for a couple of minutes. And those two scenes do nothing to elevate the film. Fact is, they’re pretty embarrassing for a guy with his resume.
Tim Cable as Matt Cole, spying a wanted poster bearing his name in Three Bad Men (2005)
George Kennedy as Ed Fiske, caught in his underwear with a whore when his bank is robbed in Three Bad Men (2005)
Directed by:
Jeff Hathcock
Cast:
Chris Gann … Frame Johnson
John Dixon … Luther McKinney
Tim Cable … Matt Cole
Mike Moroff … Dutch Henry
Wendy Miklovic … Corinna
Megan McNally … Olivia Noland
George Kennedy … Ed Fiske
Curtis Pierson … Sheriff Bill Tyler
Craig Kolkebeck … Ben Tobias
Runtime: 100 min.
Mike Moroff as Dutch Henry, sparking the ire of his gang by kidnapped Olivia Noland in Three Bad Men (2005)
Wendy Miklovic as Corinna, holding gang leader Dutch Henry at gunpoint in Three Bad Men (2005)
Memorable lines:
Member of the Dutch Henry gang: “That’s mighty bold talk for a woman.”
Corinna: “Don’t let my curves fool ya, sonny.”
Olivia: “You bastard.”
Bad man: “My mother’s choice. Not mine.”
Olivia Noland, as Dutch Henry threatens her chastity: “You’ll have to kill me first.:
Dutch Henry: “No. Killing you is what I’m gonna do last.”
Dutch Henry: “You can’t leave me out here without a horse.”
Corinna, pointing to the captive woman who has unwillingly taken her place as Dutch’s lover: “You can ride her.”
Megan McNally as Olivia Noland, frightened as Dutch Henry and his gang corner her in Three Bad Men (2005)
Curtis Pierson as Sheriff Bill Tyler (right) with one of his deputies in Three Bad Men (2005)
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